Songe elected mayor in runoff race

Misty Songe was elected as Vidor ‘s mayor Saturday in a runoff election that saw just over 12 percent of the city’s eligible voters cast a ballot.

The runoff election was after none of three mayoral candidates in the May 1 regular municipal election broke the 50 percent plus one vote threshold to be declared the outright winner in the race.

The top two finishers in the May 1 election, Songe and Ronn…